Animal-catcher



(No ModeL) W. RAMM.

ANIMAL GATGHER.

No. 320,167. Patented June 16 1885.

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EPECIPICATTQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,167, dated June 16,1885.

Application filed January 29, 1895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RAMM, of Kemma, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Animal-Catcher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, inexpensive, and efficient device for catching animalssuch as hogswhile they are running about the yard or pen or while standing.

The invention consists in an animalcatcher comprising ahook-head fixed to a suitable handle, a pivoted catchlever provided with rightangularly-proportioned arms, and with a projection which locks into the teeth of a springpressed pawl when the catch lever swings around to inclose the animals leg between it and the hook-head of the device.

This invention consists, also, in particular constructions and combinations of parts of the animal catcher, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved animal-catcher with one side plate of the hookhead, catch-lever block, and handle removed; and Fig. 2 is a back edge view of the catcher.

The letter A indicates the head of the animal-cateher, which is made of two bars or plates, to a, bent nearly at right angles and connected at opposite ends by cross-pieces a a so as to form an opening or slot, a, between the plates 0 a, in which slot the catch-lever B and its lockingpawl C may work. The head A thus comprises a shank or body portion, A, and the hook-head portion A The block D,in which the lever B and pawl C are pivoted, consists of two plates, (1 d, of about the same thickness as the plates at a of the head A, and connected to each other at their outer ends by a guidelug, d, which pro iects into the slot to of the shank A of the head, and has a boltend, d, on which athumbnut, E, may be screwed to bind the block D firmly to the shank A at any place desired. I prefer to fix in block D a pin, F, which slides through a hole in an arm, G, projecting from the shank A, and serves as an additional guide and brace to the back end of the block, the forward end of which is held to the shank by a clevis or yoke, H, which is or may be hung on the pin b by or on which the catch lever B is pivoted to the block D between its plates (2 cl.

As shown in Fig. 1, the catch-lever B has a right-angular general form comprising arms B B, and is provided also with a projection, B, the end of which is adapt-ed to engage any one of a series of notches, 0, formed in the edge of pawl C, which faces the catch-lever, said pawl being pivoted at c to and between the plates d d of block D, and having a projecting end, 0 forming a handle by which it may be swung back against the tension of a spring, J', which is hung on a cross pin, j, between the plates (1 (Z, and presses by its opposite ends or arms on the lug d, and the pawl to engage the pawl with the end B of the catch-lever; but any other suitable spring may be used for this purpose.

K K are the opposite side plates or cheekpieces of the handle L, which are fixed at the outer ends to the outer sides of the plates at a of head A, and extend diagonally at or across each face of the block D to brace it laterally, and project a suitable distance for the attachment of the handle L, which may be of any desired length.

In using the catcher the lever and pawl B C will be adjusted to the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and the head A will be held so that the leg of a .running animal will enter between the cut-away outer end of the block D and the hook A of the head, and so that the animals leg will strike the arm B of the catchlev er and swing thelever on its pivot b to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and as the lever swings forward its projection B pushes back the pawl O and engages one of its teeth 0 to prevent the lever turning back, thereby securing the animals leg between the hook end A of the head A and the arm B of the catch-lever.

The catcher may be used to seize standing animals by drawing it back by its handle to strike the arm B of lever B against the animals leg for operating the lever and its lock ing-pawl, as above described.

To adjust the catcher for use with larger or smaller animals, it is only necessary to loosen the nut E, and slide the block D along the shank A and tighten the nut again, so that 5 the arm B when it swings forward,willleave a larger or smaller space between it and the hook-head A to accommodate the size of legs of different animals.

To remove the catcher from the animals 1o leg, the pawl O is swung back by pressing or drawing on its end 0 which leaves the catchlever free to swing backward or open, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An animal-catcher comprising a hook head, A, fixed to a suitable handle, a pivoted catch-lever, B, made with arms B B and projection B", and a spring-pressed toothed pawl,

O, substantially as herein set forth.

2. An animal-catcher comprising a hookhead, A, fixed to a suitable handle, a catclr lever, B, made with arms B B and projection B", and a spring-pressed toothed pawl,

C, said parts B 0 being pivoted to a block, D, adapted to slide along the shank of the head A, substantially as herein set forth.

3. An animal-catcher comprising a hookhead, A, fixed to a suitable handle, a catch- 0 lever, B, made with arms B B and projection B and a spring-pressed toothed pawl,

adapted to slide along the shank of head A, in

combination with the clevis or yoke H, and bolt and nut d E, substantially as herein set forth.

4. Au animal-catcher comprising ahookhead, A, fixed to a suitable handle and formed of spaced and connected plates a a, a block, D, formed of plates (Z (I, connected by a lug, d, entering between the plates a a, and having a bolt end, (lathe nut E, and yoke H, the catchlever B, made with arms B B and projection B and the toothed spring-pressed pawl 0, said parts B 0 being pivoted to the block D, substantially as herein set forth.

5. The combination, in an animal-catcher, of the head A, fixed to a suitable handle and formed of spaced and connected plates at a, a block, D, formed of spaced plates d 01, connected by a lug, d, entering between the head-plates a a, and having a bolt end, d the bindingscrew E, yoke H, the pin F, entering a projection, G, the catch-lever B, made with arms B B and projection B and the toothed spring-pressed pawl C, said parts B 0 being pivoted to and between the side plates, d d, of the block D, substantially as herein set forth.

' WILLIAM RAMM. Vitnesscs:

CHARLES WITTNEBEN,

EMMET BARBER. 

